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Frustrated

How can I move a video from iCloud Drive to iMovie? Or even a book from the drive to iBook?

MacBook Air, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Feb 11, 2016 9:20 PM

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Feb 13, 2016 7:50 AM in response to TrulaK

Hello there, TrulaK.


It sounds like you're trying to move content out of iCloud Drive to your MacBook Air. The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great information in regards to moving things in and out of iCloud Drive.


OS X El Capitan: Store documents with iCloud Drive


Move items to your Mac and remove them from iCloud Drive: Drag files and folders from iCloud Drive to your Mac. The items are copied to your Mac and removed immediately from iCloud Drive on all your devices set up for iCloud, and they’re removed from iCloud Drive on iCloud.com. If you change your mind, you can drag items back to iCloud Drive.

Copy items to iCloud Drive: Drag files and folders from your Mac to iCloud Drive. You end up with copies of the items in both places. The ones in iCloud Drive are kept up to date on all your devices set up for iCloud Drive.

You can also use iCloud Drive when you open a document or save a new document in apps that support iCloud Drive.

For more information, see Folder basics and Delete files and folders.

Move a saved document to iCloud Drive

In apps that let you save documents in iCloud Drive, such as TextEdit and Preview, you can also move saved documents from your Mac to iCloud Drive. For more information, see Save documents.

  1. With the document open in the app, choose File > Move To.

  2. Click the pop-up menu, choose iCloud Drive or [AppName]—iCloud, then click Move.

    If you choose iCloud Drive, the document moves to the main level of iCloud Drive.

    If you choose [AppName]—iCloud, the document moves to the app folder in iCloud Drive.

iCloud Drive documents are available on all your devices set up for iCloud Drive, and you can still edit them when you’re not connected to the Internet.

If you can’t copy, move, or save a document to iCloud Drive

If you can’t move or save a document to iCloud Drive, your iCloud storage space may be full. The document stays on your Mac, and is uploaded to iCloud Drive when space becomes available.

To get more space, you can upgrade your storage. You can also remove items you don’t need to store in iCloud Drive. For more information, see Manage iCloud storage.


In regards to importing a book to iBooks, the following link to the online iBooks Help Guide shows how to add the book(s) to your application:


Import books or PDFs - iBooks Help Guide


Import books or PDFs

If you have books that you didn’t get from the iBooks Store, or PDFs that you want to open in iBooks, you can import them.


  1. In iBooks, choose File > Add to Library.

  2. In the Open dialog, find the book or PDF you want to import, then click Add.


In your case, navigate to your iCloud Drive and import it from there.


Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.


Cheers.

Frustrated

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